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Problem:Possible Duplicate: What is the difference between a phrase and a clause? Can you give me an easy description of the differences in meaning between clause, phrase, and sentence?.
Solution:
Phrase, clause and sentence are three of the structural units that create meaning. A phrase is a word or words that don't have much meaning on their own. If I suddenly utter the phrase My brother, you'll wonder why I said it, but if I say My brother drives, you'll feel I've said something that has meaning. There's a completeness about it, because it contains the verb drives. That makes it a clause, but it is also a sentence. But I needn't stop there. I can go on to say something else, almost without drawing breath. I can say My brother drives, but he doesn't drive very well. I've added another clause, and together they, too, make a sentence, joined by the little word but. It is perhaps helpful to see two or more clauses joined together as a clause complex, although sentence in general use describes both single and multiple clauses.